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Google+ at 2 Years: An Assessment
Friday, June 28, 2013 6:40 PMChristina Warren
Two years ago Friday, Google unveiled its social network Google+ to the world. In the early days, Google described Google+ as a "social layer" rather than a pure social network, partly because Google+ permeates lots of different services, and partly to offset the idea that Google+ was an attempt to directly compete with Facebook and Twitter.

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Facebook 'Compliments' Pages Promote Positivity on College Campuses
Friday, June 28, 2013 6:34 PMAnnie Park
Last fall, a new Internet craze hit college campuses: Facebook 'Compliments' pages. Four students at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, started a Facebook profile called Queens U Compliments. They encouraged fellow classmates to anonymously submit compliments about members of the university, which were then posted to the profile to be viewed publicly.

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Texas Teenager Arrested for Violent Facebook Comment
Friday, June 28, 2013 5:47 PMLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
What you say on Facebook could land you in jail. That's the tough lesson that a Texas teenager learned in February, when an online argument with a friend led to his arrest. He's now awaiting trial and faces eight years in prison. Everything started when the teenager, Justin Carter, then 18, was playing an online game of "League of Legends." After the match, Carter and a friend got into a heated argument on Facebook.

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Facebook Will Remove Ads From Pages, Groups With Offensive Content
Friday, June 28, 2013 2:39 PMSeth Fiegerman
Facebook plans to restricting advertising from appearing on pages and groups with "violent, graphic or sexual content" by the end of next week.

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Security Researcher Earns $20,000 for Uncovering Major Facebook Bug
Friday, June 28, 2013 12:04 PMLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
A British security researcher recently uncovered a bug allowing him to take over someone else's Facebook account via text message, a vulnerability that could have compromised millions of profiles. The researcher reported it to Facebook and earned a $20,000 reward from the company. Jack Whitton, an application security engineer who also works as a security researcher in his spare time, discovered the bug on May 23.

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Introducing the Mashies, Mashable's Digital Marketing Awards
Friday, June 28, 2013 10:52 AMTodd Wasserman
Over the last few years, the social media revolution has completely redefined marketing. The rising prominence of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and others has led to a more complex array of media choices, but has also rebooted our traditional view of marketing. This is no longer a one-way conversation with consumers. It is a real-time dialogue in which brands can be upended by an ill-conceived tweet or a rogue YouTube posting.

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U.S. Army Blocks 'The Guardian' Access and Other News You Need to Know
Friday, June 28, 2013 9:51 AMStan Schroeder
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Google is reportedly working on a gaming console and smartwatch, both of which will run on the company’s Android OS. The Monterey County Herald says the U.S.

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How to Make a Customized Google Map
Friday, June 28, 2013 5:39 AMAmy-Mae Elliott
Did you know that when you're organizing an event, you can create a totally customizable Google Map to precisely point your attendees in the right direction? We've taken a look at how to create a personalized Google Map from the ground up, how to add multiple locations, draw routes, add notes and then share it out.

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